Erik Truffaz
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It is catalogued under topics including 1960 births, 21st-century French male musicians and 21st-century French trumpeters.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1960-04-03
Discography
- Out of a Dream1997
- The Dawn1998
- Bending New Corners1999
- Mantis2001
- Tales of the Lighthouse2002
- Magrouni2002
- The Walk of the Giant Turtle2003
- Saloua2005
- Arkhangelsk2007
- Benares2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 201,557
- Total plays
- 2,840,234
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Erik Truffaz (born in 1960 in Switzerland) received an early introduction into the world of a professional musician, thanks to his saxophone-playing dad. When he was ten years old, the French trumpeter began performing in his father's dance band. As he grew older, Truffaz performed with other bands in the region until he was 16 and heard Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. The great jazz trumpeter's music inspired him to learn more, and he set off for Switzerland's Geneva Conservatoire, where he became
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erik
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Chêne-Bougeries
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- electronica
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Official website
- www.eriktruffaz.net
- Image
- Erik Truffaz 120609.jpg
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- Commons category
- Erik Truffaz
- date of birth
- 1960-04-03
- name in native language
- Erik Truffaz
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
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Available in 14 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- العربية
- Czech
- Egyptian Arabic
- Luxembourgish
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Polski
- Svenska
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